With Jimmy Butler sidelined by an MCL sprain, the Heat are comfortable relying on Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro to be their on-court leaders, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Both players responded when they were asked to expand their games in Wednesday’s surprise victory at Boston. Adebayo scored 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting, grabbed 10 rebounds and frequently served … [Read more...] about Heat Notes: Adebayo, Herro, Rozier, Richardson
Heat Notes: Martin, Highsmith, Shooting, Playoff Adjustments, Butler
Last postseason, Max Strus and Gabe Vincent helped propel the Heat to a Finals appearance and priced themselves out of the Heat’s range in the offseason. Strus went on to sign a four-year, $62.3MM deal in a sign-and-trade with Cleveland while Vincent departed for the Lakers on a three-year, $33MM deal. A similar situation may be happening this year with Caleb Martin and Haywood … [Read more...] about Heat Notes: Martin, Highsmith, Shooting, Playoff Adjustments, Butler
Southeast Notes: Adebayo, Martin, Redick, Hornets, Magic, Suggs
While Bam Adebayo is probably a long shot to be named the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year for this season, the Heat big man is one of the finalists for the first time in his career, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Prior to this spring, Adebayo had never finished higher than fourth in Defensive Player of the Year voting. “They’re actually watching games, they’re … [Read more...] about Southeast Notes: Adebayo, Martin, Redick, Hornets, Magic, Suggs
Community Shootaround: First Round Playoff Series
After the NBA playoffs tipped off on Saturday with a handful of one-sided contests, things got a little more interesting on Sunday and Monday, with the Thunder, Knicks, and Nuggets among the teams to pull out victories in games that went down to the wire. All three days of the playoffs so far, however, have had one thing in common: The home team has won. The road teams have an … [Read more...] about Community Shootaround: First Round Playoff Series
Heat Notes: Butler, Jovic, Jaquez, Wright, Adebayo
As they look to bounce back after a Game 1 loss in Boston, the Heat can’t count on Jimmy Butler to return at some point later in the first round to give them a boost. While the team hasn’t provided any sort of official timetable on Butler’s recovery from an MCL sprain, Shams Charania of The Athletic said on FanDuel’s Run it Back show (Twitter video link) that the star swingman … [Read more...] about Heat Notes: Butler, Jovic, Jaquez, Wright, Adebayo